The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 7

“It looks like you’ve come to buy desserts. I heard this place is only known to those in the know, but it seems you already knew about it, Lady Celonia,” Grace said, approaching Celonia with a smile as fresh as a peach.

Celonia was taken aback by her brazen attitude.

Who gave her the right to speak to me so familiarly?

“It seems you know me. Shouldn’t you introduce yourself first?”

“Ah…”

Unlike Grace, who greeted her with a friendly demeanor, Celonia’s coldness caused a slight twitch at the corner of Grace’s mouth.

“My introduction was late. I’m Grace Bennett, the daughter of Baron Bennett.”

But only for a moment.

Grace once again wore her signature bright smile and showed courtesy as if nothing had happened.

“I didn’t know someone who should know better would lack basic manners. How unexpected.”

“Lady Celonia is so famous that I must have mistakenly thought I knew you. I apologize if I offended you. After all, who in the Empire doesn’t know the four saviors?”

Celonia Bessein, Ian Cherbil, Reyev Hetzel, and McRyan, the central figures who defeated the Demon King.

As Grace said, everyone called these four the saviors.

Almost everyone would know their nicknames, which were described in the original story.

Of course, the original story said that the four saviors would be together forever with trust and affection for each other, but Celonia was alone.

Unlike the original.

“I didn’t become a savior so that just anyone could act familiar with me.”

“Celonia.”

Reyev, who had approached her side, looked at Celonia with a serious expression.

He had quickly approached after confirming that Grace had come out of the store, but seemed angry after hearing Celonia’s sharp tone.

“Ha…”

Celonia was the one who was dumbfounded by his attitude.

Reyev’s behavior, as if he would pounce on her at any moment, was unfamiliar.

It was so unfamiliar that it gave her goosebumps. He was always the one who stood up for her.

“Sir Reyev, I’m fine. It’s my fault.”

“Grace, why didn’t you go to the carriage…?”

“Ah, Duke.”

Ian, who belatedly followed, froze upon discovering Celonia next to Grace.

Celonia was just as surprised.

She thought Grace was alone, but she was with Ian.

Moreover, these crazy people’s date spot was LeBlanc.

LeBlanc. What kind of place is this?

It was a place the two of them frequented whenever they went on dates in the original story.

Thanks to that, Ian knew very well that Celonia liked the desserts here.

During the subjugation [of the Demon King], he often told her that if they returned to the Empire alive, they would go to LeBlanc together.

But he brought Grace to that place.

Knowing full well that it was a place Celonia liked, knowing that there was a high possibility of running into her…

Even if you have a thick face, there’s a limit.

She clenched her fists tightly.

She couldn’t forgive him for not only having an affair but also not showing even a shred of consideration for her, his former fiancée.

“Duke…”

Grace, who noticed Celonia’s fists turning white, flinched and grabbed Ian’s arm.

Her hand was trembling slightly as if she was scared.

“What is the meaning of this, Lady Bessein?”

Ian, reading Grace’s fear, erased his bewildered expression and suddenly spoke in a coldly subdued voice.

A chilling murderous intent emanated from him.

He even hid Grace behind his back, having noticed that Reyev was wary of Celonia, as if Celonia might attack Grace at any moment.

“What…?”

The pot calling the kettle black. That’s exactly what it was. Celonia was so dumbfounded that she couldn’t even say anything properly.

“What were you trying to do to her?”

“No! It’s a misunderstanding, Duke! I was just so happy to see Lady Celonia that I greeted her. It seems Lady Celonia didn’t like meeting me, though…”

Grace, hiding behind Ian’s broad back, only peeked out her head and spoke with a dejected expression.

Grace’s words seemed to defend Celonia at first glance, but in reality, they implied that Celonia had ignored Grace.

“Don’t be rude to my fiancée.”

Ian, realizing the meaning, glared at Celonia with a contemptuous look.

His gaze was so cold that you could never think it was directed at a former lover.

“Hahaha.”

Celonia finally burst into laughter.

Ian’s hateful gaze towards her.

Reyev, who was on high alert, guarding her, fearing she might harm Grace.

Only then did she realize the reality.

That their relationship had ended a long time ago.

That she was the only one clinging to that faint hope that the situation, which had changed from the original story, might have been twisted by something else.

She realized it for sure today.

For whatever reason, their hearts had changed, and they could no longer go back to the way they were.

And that this was absolutely not her fault, but theirs.

“I hope we don’t cross paths. It’ll be better for both of us.”

“You should mind your own business. Do you know where this is?”

Celonia, having realized everything, no longer held back.

There was even less reason to endure such insults from Ian, who had become worse than a stranger.

“What? Lady Bessein, you…!”

“How can you shamelessly wander around after what you’ve done? How can you be so thick-faced?”

“Ha…”

Ian chuckled in vain, his face reddening at Celonia’s sarcastic words.

“So it was all an act. I didn’t know you were this kind of woman.”

“If you knew, please go your way? I don’t want to talk to you either.”

Celonia endured the urge to swear and smoothly countered Ian’s nonsense.

It was funny to see his face turning red as if he was quite angry.

“Let’s go, Duke.”

Grace, who had been watching Ian tremble without saying anything, pushed his back with a hardened expression.

“Ha…!”

Ian only moved his lips before eventually turning around with a frustrated sigh.

“Lady Celonia, the news of the engagement between the Duke and I will be in the newspaper soon.”

At that moment, Grace, who had been pushing Ian’s back, stopped next to Celonia and whispered.

Her voice was so small that only Celonia could hear it.

“So you want me to congratulate you?”

Celonia smirked and glared at Grace.

Even at that gaze, Grace opened her mouth without paying attention.

“Don’t be too upset. We’re quite alike.”

“You…!”

Celonia was about to say something to Grace, who was trying to deceive her until the end, but she couldn’t continue.

Because Grace finished what she had to say and quickly ran away after Ian.

Reyev, who had been anxiously watching, also moved following Grace’s shadow.

“I, I’m sorry, Miss… It’s my fault for suggesting we come to LeBlanc…”

Ella sobbed, her face looking as if she would burst into tears at any moment.

“Ella, it’s okay, can you go get some cake to go?”

“Yes, yes! I’ll be right back.”

Ella wiped away her tears and went inside the store.

Only then was Celonia completely alone.

She bit her lip tightly and stared at the empty air.

She wasn’t angry. She wasn’t furious either.

It was just that everything was over.

She just felt miserable for herself, who had struggled without knowing the end.

It was at that moment. A large shadow fell over Celonia’s head as she stood alone.

It caused a strong gust of wind and flew after the carriage carrying Ian and Grace.

“…McRyan.”

The shadow belonged to the only dragon left in the Empire.

In the end, McRyan was also by Grace’s side. Not as close as Reyev, but he seemed to be watching from afar.

Perhaps if she had laid a hand on Grace, he would have sent murderous intent from afar.

“Haha…”

Celonia laughed in vain and looked beyond.

At the end of her gaze, a red sunset was setting.

Just as today’s sun sets and tomorrow’s new sun rises, she was no longer the protagonist of their story.

She had to admit it.

That the one they loved was not her, but the new sun, Grace Bennett.

That everything had changed.